residents have questioned the use
the flashing yellow lights, which are
becoming increasingly common
around the city. But the city maintains that flashing yellow arrows are
a safe, effective traffic option.
A preliminary investigation
indicates that the car that hit and
killed a 28-month-old toddler likely
didn't yield to oncoming traffic

while making a left turn from 140th
Avenue Northeast onto Bel-Red
Road on Sept. 29, as required by the
blinking yellow light at the intersection, Bellevue Police said.
However, Bellevue resident Stefan Damstrom has another view.
"The new traffic light setup there
with the blinking yellow left arrow
is to blame. Never seen so many

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Another resident said that flashing
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busy intersections, and said the city
should go back to just green or red
arrows.
The general response to the flashing yellow arrows over the last five
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Pending feasibility study, high
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High school students may get to sleep in a little later
next year after the Bellevue School Board voted Oct. 6
to approve a conditional 8:30 a.m. start time for district
high schools. The new start time tentatively will begin
in fall 2016.
The start time is subject to board approval of an
implementation plan that includes a feasibility study at
each school, a solution brought up after lively discussion by the board over the role that the homework load
might play in teenagers sleep schedules, scheduling and
the conflict with extra-curricular activities.
“This is the third iteration of this I’ve seen in my 12
years on the board, and it has never gotten to this point,
so something is different this time,” said board member
Chris Marks, adding “We’re getting lost in three of the
12 million details we can’t decide right now.”
Given that Bellevue high schoolers utilize public
buses, the district will need to work with King County
Metro to add additional routes — at $50,000 each. How
a later school release would affect student athletes also
has yet to be decided.
Also unknown is what kind of impact the decision
will have on the many Bellevue students who participate in regional sports as the district’s sports teams
regularly compete against neighboring districts and in
KingCo. tournaments.
“I think we need to recognize the impact on the first
two or so years of students. There are a ton of organizations that don’t just draw from Bellevue, but all over

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Open Window
School students to
send experiment
to space station
School one of 22 in U.S. and Canada,
only in state, chosen for Student
Spaceflight Experiments Program
BY ALLISON DEANGELIS

Allison DeAngelis, Bellevue Reporter

BELLEVUE REPORTER

Open Window School students next scientific experiment will be out of this world.
The school is one of only 22 in the U.S. and Canada
chosen to submit experiments to fly on Mission 9 to the
International Space Station next spring as part of the
Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP). It is
the only school in the state to participate this year.
“We’ve done a lot of amazing things, but we’ve never
gone to space before,” said Jeff Stroebel, principal of the
school situated near Cougar Mountain Regional Wildlife
Park.
Students grades 4 through 8 will design microgravity
experiments, one of which will be chosen to be conducted on the International Space Station. The experiments
could cover many fields, including seed germination,
crystal growth, physiology and life cycles of microorganisms, cell biology and growth, food studies and studies of
micro-aquatic life. The experiments must be designed to
work within the constraints of a Fluids Mixing Enclosure

Above: Students listen as Jeff Goldstein (below), of the
Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP), speaks to
them over Skype on Oct. 2.

(FME) research mini-laboratory and pass a NASA Flight
Safety Review.
The laboratory on the International Space Station is
the only microgravity lab in existence.
Jeff Goldstein of the spaceflight program spoke to
Open Window School students over Skype on Oct. 2.
“Just like Neil Armstrong inspired me, this project was
designed to inspire you,” he told the K-8 crowd.
In addition to creating and testing their experiments,
the student groups also will write a five-page research
proposal this month. They will then present their proposed experiments to a panel of master STEM educators and local researchers who will choose the top three
experiments to be proposed for the space station.
“This is real world, authentic research,” said Adrienne
Gifford, the school’s director of innovation and technology who has spearheaded Open Window’s participation
in the program. “As a researcher, you have to be good at
science, but you also have to have good communication
skills. Our students are going to get those skills much
earlier than students generally do.”
Last year, the Open Window School conducted a
weather balloon experiment. Later, a parent approached
Gifford after learning about the spaceflight program.
“It really is the next step in space exploration for our
students,” Gifford said.
Gifford and a team of administrators and teachers
scrambled to complete the application, which was due
mere days after the parent and Gifford discovered the
program. The program is undertaken by the National
Center for Earth and Space Science Education.
While designing the experiment will be relegated to
the upper grade levels, the entire school will participate.
Students will design two mission patches to be worn in
space – one created by kindergarteners through third
graders, the other by fourth through eighth graders.
The Open Window School expects to hear what experiment has been selected to be tested in the International
Space Station in December. Although no official launch
date has been set at this time, Mission 9 will launch
sometime this spring.
Allison DeAngelis: 425-453-4290; adeangelis@bellevuereporter.com

In the wake of two shootings in the past 16 months
at Northwest college
campuses, Bellevue College
is in the process of reassessing and implementing
new security measures that
it hopes will help increase
safety while maintaining
the open, unencumbered
feeling of a community college campus.
The school notes it has
many safety measures and
contingencies in place,
including an alert system
and partnerships with the
Bellevue fire and police
departments along with the
North East King County
Regional Public Safety
Communication Agency
(NORCOM).

And the college has run
multiple lockdown drills
this year and is increasing
the number of public safety
officers and their patrols on
campus.
BC also has a Behavior
Intervention Team for students, teachers and faculty
to submit concerns over
changes in students’ behavior or alarming incidents
and have representatives
follow-up.
“I think we are doing a
good job, but there’s always
more than can be done,”
Bellevue College spokesperson Evan Epstein told
the Reporter. “It’s more
about not ever feeling
complacent, continually
going through processes,
procedures, figuring out
what supports you need to
have for staff and students.”

Bellevue College began
reassessing its security
measures after the June 5,
2014 shooting at Seattle
Pacific University last year.
And just last week, a
student brought multiple
guns to Umpqua Community College in Roseburg,
Oregon, and killed nine
people and injured nine
others.
“Seattle Pacific really
drove home the need to
be able to secure our
classrooms,” Epstein said,
adding that the shooting at
Umpqua was really unfortunate.
Preparing Bellevue College for potential incidents
is doubly challenging
because of the school’s
layout. The main campus
has a myriad of entrances
and exits and classrooms
doors are not contained
within securable wings, but
generally exposed to the
courtyards and pathways.
That, and maintaining
the open feeling of the
campus, are the reasons
why the school does not
use metal detectors.
“It’s really a balancing
act to find a way to make
sure that you are doing
everything in your power
to make campus both
inclusive and safe and not
overstep that boundary.

You don’t want students to
feel like you’re watching
them,” Epstein said.
That said, the school
has begun outfitting their
instructors with universal
keys that can be used to
lock any classroom from
the inside. The project
should be fully implemented in the next few months.
BC also is in the midst of
developing a new training program, tentatively
called the Defense Security
Initiative, in which staff
and faculty would learn
de-escalation, self-defense
and other tactics currently
being taught to the college’s public safety officers.
Instruction will begin for
employees in 2016.
Currently, the public
safety team at Bellevue
College offers three different trainings for faculty
members. Between 50 and
60 employees are trained in
the highest level of training.
When it comes to campus security and eliminating violence, there are no
steadfast answers, Epstein
said. But, she said, Bellevue
College is committed to
trying to make its campus
as safe as possible.
Allison DeAngelis: 425-453-

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Photo via Twitter, @BellevueCollege

A photo of the Bellevue College mascot, Brutus the bulldog,
holding a sign acknowledging the shooting at Umpqua
Community College last week. “Support and solidarity with
our friends in Roseburg. #IamUCC,” the tweet read.

Available resources
RAVE: An emergency notification system that sends
text and email alerts to faculty, staff, and students.
Alertus: Sends a message to all Bellevue College-issued desktop computers to relay emergency messages.
Behavior Intervention Team (BIT) or the Bias
Incident Response and Support Team (BIRST): Two
teams that meets at least weekly to address submitted
concerns about students displaying concerning or disruptive behavior, and respond to incidents springing
from bias, hate and prejudice.

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hile the tragic accident at 140th Avenue Northeast and Bel-Red Road continues to be investigated, two letter writers on this page have
raised issues that we suspect are on many people’s minds.
n Do left-turn flashing yellow arrows make intersections safer? and
n Are Bellevue pedestrians at risk because sidewalks
have little room if people need to escape an oncoming car?
In the Sept. 29 accident, a 28-month-old toddler was
killed when one car struck another, shoving it onto a sidewalk and into the child’s stroller.
The city say the flashing yellow arrows are safer than
what was there before: a green light that governed all motorists and simply says “go.”
We agree.
The problem is that far too many drivers will do almost
anything to not get stopped at a traffic light. Often that
means speeding up to clear the intersection when it is obvious that they easily could stop. Equally bad, drivers who
force themselves through a turn as the light turns yellow
can face that oncoming driver who has sped up.
Bellevue says it plans to re-educate the public about how
to use flashing yellow arrows. That’s good. But it won’t necessarily stop drivers who stomp on the accelerator when
they see a yellow light.
Perhaps a few traffic officers at busy — and dangerous
— intersections could stop overly eager drivers and write a
ticket, if warranted.
However, even if drivers are in the right, it doesn’t mean
they’re driving safely. There should be nothing wrong with
an office pulling someone over and explaining to them —
one on one — the danger of their actions to themselves
and others.
If they listen — and get the message — we’ll have a safer
city. That should benefit both our streets and sidewalks.
— Craig Groshart, Interim Editor

The flashing yellow traffic signals should be eliminated
from the city’s traffic control system. These signals tend
to encourage the kind of driving behavior that resulted
in the recent death of the child at 140th Avenue Northeast and Bel-Red Road.
I live near this intersection and enter it several times
each day; it is a dangerous intersection and, at one time,
had the highest intersection accident rate in the city.
I believe the flashing yellow signals are totally unnecessary. Though they may increase, slightly, the turning
through-put of vehicles at the signaled intersections
where they operate, this slight increase can only be
achieved with an accompanying increase in the risk of
accidents at those intersections. Moreover, many drivers in the city exhibit very aggressive driving behavior
(though some may not be residents of the city). Such
behavior in conjunction with the flashing yellow signals
can result in serious accidents.
I urge you to direct the removal of these signals from
the city’s traffic control system.

David F. Plummer, Bellevue

Pedestrians need better streets

Like many other communities, some streets in Bellevue were built in an era of cars. At that time, driving
seemed the only viable way to get around in a suburban
area. Along these streets, sidewalks are narrow and cars
travel fast. There is no buffer between pedestrians and
cars.
Such a street is 140th Avenue Northeast near Bel-Red
Road. It is not pedestrian friendly.
Over time, more and more people start walking along
140th Avenue Northeast because of community destinations close by. Parents walk their children to Stevenson
Elementary School a few blocks away. Young couples
walk back to their apartments with Safeway grocery bags
in hand. Employees hurry to their bus stops in the morning. Mothers push their babies in strollers to go to the
park when the sun is out. It is a popular route.
Unfortunately, the street geometric layout does not
match its popularity, which puts pedestrians, always the
vulnerable party in accidents, in a precarious position.

During the occurrence of an accident, there is no landscape buffer to hinder a car from wrongly going onto the
sidewalk. Neither does the five-foot wide sidewalk leave
any no space for pedestrians to maneuver.
Our streets put pedestrians at the mercy of drivers,
some of whom do drive recklessly.
Safety is a fundamental right of all users of our streets.
We need to make our streets much more forgiving for
pedestrians. Pedestrians deserve safer streets.

Lei Wu, Bellevue

Armed security needed

First off the shootings in Oregon are a despicable act
by a despicable individual. The shooter’s father absolves
himself of any culpability in his son’s act by calling for
gun control. A popular bromide echoed by the president
and the mainstream media.
However, the issue here is more protection not less —
armed security for schools and large public areas. Scary
thought possibly, but it sure beats the alternative. It is
a fact that these shooters avoid areas where they might
immediately get shot.
Also, there is no country in the world today where a
determined person cannot obtain a firearm, be it Australia, Russia or China.
The mental health issue is even more problematical.
If there were some Orwellian test to ferret out these
homicidal loners, that would be the desirable outcome.
Frankly, I have no idea how that might occur.

Denny Andrews, Bellevue

Fashion event highlights Bellevue

It’s pleasant to see that the city of Bellevue, Kemper
Development Company, Vogue magazine, Fashion
Group International and fashion industry enthusiasts
shine a much deserved light on the abundance of creative talent residing in the Northwest. Also wonderful to
see the fashion industry doesn’t limit itself to supporting
the cherished Los Angeles and New York markets and
decides to pique its interest in this diverse region.
It will be interesting to see the evolution of Northwest
fashion. It never hurts to ask Vogue or another beloved
fashion magazine to set up a regional office right here in
Bellevue.

Erica Hale, Bellevue

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City Council fixes
mistake in Old
Bellevue parking
space ordinance
BY ALLISON DEANGELIS
BELLEVUE REPORTER

The Bellevue City Council admitted there had been
a mistake in a code application relating to parking in
Old Bellevue, causing a
small parking deficit.
The council unanimously
passed an ordinance Oct. 5
to right old wrongs made in
a 1998 ordinance.
Prior to 1998, the city
didn’t require parking for
the first 1,500 square feet of
a property constructed for
restaurants or retail in Old
Bellevue. The ordinance
adopted in 1998 introduced
an exemption that allowed
the parking requirement
to be waived for existing
buildings.
Due to a lack of clarity
around the definition of
“existing building” since the
1998 ordinance, the parking exemption has been
inconsistently applied, the
city reported. As a result,
the Main Place Apartments,
One Main and Borgata
developments received an
exemption they should not
have been subject to.
The mistake caused a deficit of 24 parking stalls, the
new ordinance shows, but
29 on-street parking stalls
added between Northeast
First and Fourth streets
over the last few years have
alleviated the deficit.
Under the ordinance

October 9, 2015 [5]

Brewpub planned for Spring District
BY ALLISON DEANGELIS
BELLEVUE REPORTER

adopted Oct. 5, the city
clarified that any building
in existence or vested in
as of Dec. 31, 2006 will be
allowed the exemption. The
Main Place Apartments,
One Main and Borgata developments were grandfathered in, and will not need
to construct new parking.
The new ordinance was
not without discussion, and
underwent three versions
as the council decided on
the grandfather clause. Area
business owners also contended that the ordinance
as passed would disadvantage them against the
residences on Main Street.
“Some points that I really want to make are what
you’re actually voting for:
Increasing cost of monitoring private and public
parking adjacent to the
Borgata and One Main,
allowing Borgata and One
Main customers to take up
private and public parking
intended for neighboring
businesses … allowing
increased traffic because
of cars circling,” said Anna
Flora, who spoke at the Oct.
5 meeting.
Flora also said she feared
that because of the way
the code is written, seven
additional buildings would
be grandfathered in. When
asked by the council, Carol
Helland, of the Development Services Department,

A brewpub will soon
join the residences and
offices planned for the
new Spring District development in the Bel-Red
corridor.
Developers filed paperwork last month for a
new three-story mixeduse building with 10,000
square feet dedicated to
a brewery and restaurant
on the ground floor. The
4,700-square-foot brewery
will be connected to a
nearly 5,400-square-foot
restaurant on the ground
level, with nearly 14,300
square feet of office space
located on the two upper
levels. It also will include
70 parking spaces.
The brewery and restaurant are the first specific
social aspects of the new
development to be announced. “It’s designed as
a central hub of activity
which encourages interaction and idea generation,”
said said spokesperson
Forrest Carman.
A brewery has not
yet been named for the
development, Carman
said. Depending on the

Image courtesy of the city of Bellevue

Design shows location of the proposed brewpub in the new Spring District development.
With city approval, construction of the three-story building would be completed next fall.
negotiations, he said they
could announce the brewery tenant in anywhere
from a few weeks to a few
months.
The block 12 office
building and brewpub
is set to begin construction in the spring along
with 10 new residential
buildings and two other
office buildings as a part
of phase 1A. The brewpub building will be the
smallest of the phase 1A
buildings, which will
between nine and 11
stories.
Phase 1A also will

include construction on
the Global Innovation
Exchange (GIX) academic institute, created
by a partnership between
the University of Washington and the Tsinghua
University of Beijing, and
supported by Microsoft.
Students will begin classes
in the building in the fall
of 2017.
The entire 36-acre
development, situated on

the old Safeway Distribution Center site at the
intersection of SR-520 and
I-405, will be developed
by Wright Runstad and
Company. When it’s completed, the Spring District
development will have
more than 5.3 million
square feet of space.
Phase 1A construction
is scheduled to be complete in fall 2016.

suspect, who fled on foot
just as the officer arrived.
The suspect, who was not
located, was found to be
related to several prowls in
the area.

Meet ‘Porno Rick’: An
officer contacted “Porno
Rick” in his van along with
some friends/customers.
Rick is rumored to sell
drugs to addicts near the
methadone clinic in Evergreen Plaza, and allegedly
has a history of watching
such movies in the back of
his van. They were issued
trespass notices after they
were seen acting suspiciously.
Disgruntled detainee: A
suspect who had been in
Issaquah Jail on an assault
charge the previous day,
stripped naked, damaged two of their jail cells,
and fashioned a noose he
threatened to hang himself
with because he didn’t like
the food in jail and wanted
to call his lawyer.

September 30

October 3

The Blotter

Police reports from Bellevue

Unknown if they are related
to Bartell, other pharmacy
robberies on Eastside
BY ALLISON DEANGELIS
BELLEVUE REPORTER

Bellevue Police are searching for three
male suspects who robbed a Rite-Aid
pharmacy at gunpoint Sept. 28, and may
be related to a string of other pharmacy
robberies.
“We don’t know at this point if it’s a
large group operating or if its two groups
who have the same M.O.,” said Bellevue
Police spokesperson Seth Tyler.
According to police, the three suspects
entered the Rite-Aid pharmacy at 3905
Factoria Square Mall just before 9 p.m.
Sept. 28, and made their way behind the
pharmacy counter. Once in the back of
the pharmacy, one of the suspects reportedly pointed what appeared to be a hand-

Photo courtesy of the Bellevue Police

Surveillance video footage showing one of
the suspected robbers with what appears to
be a gun while robbing Rite-Aid pharmacy.

gun at the pharmacy workers, assaulted
an employee and stole packages of drugs.
The three suspects fled the scene on
foot, but police were unable to locate
them.
Police said there was another pharmacy
robbery on Sept. 16 in Bellevue that may
have involved the same suspects, who
may have been involved in a string of
similar cases throughout the Northwest.
Redmond Police arrested three men on
Sept. 24 after an attempted robbery at a
Walgreens in Kirkland’s Rose Hill neighborhood. A fourth suspect in the Rose
Hill robbery is still at large.
At the time, Bellevue Police said they
believed those three suspects had comSEE ROBBERY, 7

Persistent patron: A
female employee at Bellevue Rare Coins received
several love letters from a
suspect, who had been in
the business two days prior
and gave a note to another
employee about the victim’s
blouse. Despite warnings
from the police, the victim
immediately called the
business after the officer
left. The victim has since
obtained an anti-harassment order.

October 1

September 29

Fugitive found: Upon
pulling over a vehicle for
failure to transfer the title
within 45 days, the officer
discovered that the driver
was a fugitive from justice
from Idaho on a no-bail
felony parole violation.

ID switcheroo: One of
10 tenants in a house on
Southeast Second Street accused the suspect of stealing
his ID and other items from
his room to commit fraud.
After the suspect confessed
to stealing the victim’s ID,
an officer located drugs on
the suspect, which he told
police he bought from the

“Find my phone” fist
fight: A group had been
following stolen property
belonging to one group
member around Bellevue
using the “Find my phone”
app and had contacted and
accused several people of
taking items. They actually
recovered property from a

October 2

‘Tazed’ and confused:
After taking acid, a suspect
exhibited irrational behavior like running around
the complex half naked.
When the officers arrived,
he charged at them, causing one to taser him. The
suspect was taken into
custody and transported
to Overlake Hospital for
treatment.

October 4
TMI confession: An
emotional female subject
entered St. Louise Church
and screamed and yelled
various comments including sexual comments
during mass. Police were
called when she wouldn’t
calm down or leave, and
attempted to escort her out
of the church. The woman
was arrested.
Crack is wack: Officers
were dispatched to assist
the Fire Department with
a combative male who was
intoxicated and possibly
on cocaine and foaming at
the mouth. He struggled,
yelling obscenities and spitting, and began vomitting
after being strapped to a
backboard.

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Local group to
tackle affordable
housing concerns
First Q&A panel
set for Oct. 14
BY ALLISON DEANGELIS
BELLEVUE REPORTER

A local man has teamed
up with the Downtown
Action to Save Housing
(DASH) to get public
feedback and information
to help problem-solve the
city’s affordable housing
issues.
“Part of my job had
always been to figure out
how to make things happen,” said resident, retired
engineer and Downtown
Bellevue Residents Association co-chair Dwight
Schrag. “This is really
something I think is worthy of spending time on,
though it’s a whole new
world for me.
Schrag and Alicia
Campo, associate executive director of DASH,
have been gathering more
information on afford-

Get to

able housing and what
residents are really looking for.
They see a great deal
of opportunity, especially
when it comes to awareness around the issue of
affordable housing.
“When we began to
inform ourselves about
what affordable housing
means, it surprised us all,”
Schrag said.“I don’t think
that people know what’s
going on with housing,
they probably think that
it’s on the government to
solve this.… This is the
time to engage.”
Despite the vast
amount of construction
underway in Downtown
Bellevue, “affordable”
housing options remain
scarce, not only for lowincome families, but also
middle-class families.
In fact, 62 percent of
the housing allocated
through DASH is for
households in the 50- to
60-percent wage percentile, Campo said. The
remaining clientele DASH

serves are lower-income
households, generally in
the 30-40 percent wage
percentile.
“At every property, our
vacancy is very minimal.
We have lists of people
waiting,” said Campo.
“Affordable housing isn’t
just about low-income
families – It’s about
firefighters, teachers, city
employees, etc.”
Those who can’t find
affordable housing in
Downtown Bellevue are
often forced to move outside of Bellevue, lengthening their commute,
raising their transportation costs, clogging the
roadways and causing
stress.
But as they met with
city officials, the residents
association found that the
city’s Planning Department will be launching a
“Housing Strategy Plan”
to begin addressing affordable housing issues
and growing needs.
Seeing the fortuitous
timing, the association
began to organize a Q&A
panel with representatives from the city, DASH,
Imagine Housing, the
King County Housing Authority, the Low
Income Housing Institute,
The Sophia Way and the
YMCA.
“Creating affordable
housing is definitely a lot

about partnerships. This
is a great place to start
the conversation on the
Eastside,” said Campo.
Through the Q&A discussion and an attendee
questionnaire, the residents association is looking to get feedback from
the Downtown Bellevue
community about what
it wants from affordable
housing – how it want
it to look, the amenities
and how it will fit into the
neighborhood.
All of the information
it gathers will be turned
over to the city to assist
with the housing strategy
plan.
At this time, the association’s forum is focusing
on Downtown Bellevue,
but is asking residents of
other neighborhoods to
attend. If all goes well,
Schrag and Campo said
they could see this panel
being replicated in other
neighborhoods throughout Bellevue.
The first of what organizers hoped are many
meetings will be at 6:30
p.m. Oct. 14 at City Hall.
Allison DeAngelis: 425453-4290; adeangelis@bellevuereporter.
com

October 9, 2015 [7]

Photo courtesy of the Bellevue Police

Surveillance video footage showing two of the three male
suspects in the Sept. 28 pharmacy robbery and others.

ROBBERY
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Bellevue’s Crossroads
area Sept. 16. During that
incident, the robbers used
a stun gun on a clerk and
then stole an undisclosed
amount of Robitussin with
codeine before fleeing.
It is possible both
groups of men could be
working together, said
Tyler, but unknown at this
time.
“We haven’t gotten any
info from the Kirkland
suspects that they know
the guys (involved in the
Sept. 28 robbery), but they
could be withholding that

information. We need to
get them into custody,”
said Tyler.
Crime Stoppers of Puget
Sound is offering a cash
reward of up to $1,000 for
information leading to
the arrest and charge of
the suspects in this most
recent case. Individuals
with information may call
1-800-222-TIPS (8477),
and need not provide their
name. Rite-Aid is offering
an additional $15,000 for
information leading to the
arrest and prosecution of
the suspects in this case.

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Scarce inventory, new rules for mortgage
closings and affordability concerns will
likely slow home sales around Western
Washington during the remaining months
of 2015 and into early 2016, according to
spokespersons from Northwest Multiple
Listing Service.
The latest statistics from the MLS show
a double-digit drop in inventory, a doubledigit jump in closed sales, and a near
double-digit increase in prices from a year
ago, prompting one industry leader to say
the trends aren’t sustainable.
“We simply can’t sustain double-digit
increases in sales when inventory levels
continue to drop every month,” remarked
OB Jacobi, president of Windermere Real
Estate. “We’re on the cusp of a housing
market slowdown,” he predicts.
Despite an expected slowdown, closed
sales through the first nine months of this
year are running 16.6 percent ahead of the
same period a year ago, with median prices
up 9.2 percent.
Single family home prices across the 23
counties in the MLS report rose nearly 7.6
percent from a year ago, from $297,500
to $320,000. Single family homes in King
County commanded the highest median
price at $490,250, up 6.6 percent from the
year-ago figure of $460,000, but down from
June’s high of $500,000.
In Bellevue west of I-405, closed sales
for single-family homes in September 2015
were up 33.3 percent over the same month
a year ago. The median sales price last
month was $2,092,495, up 35.22 percent
from a median sales price of $1,547,500 a
year ago.
In Bellevue east of I-405, closed sales for
single-family homes in September 2015
were up 2.94 percent over the same month
a year ago. The median sales price last
month was $668,500, up 6.79 percent from
a median sales price of $626,000 a year ago.
The MLS report for September shows
pending sales continue to outnumber new
listings, resulting in inventory declines in
most of the 23 counties in its service area.
That imbalance leads to rising prices.

In west Bellevue, there were 38 listings in
September 2015 and 40 closed sales. In east
Bellevue, there were 63 listings in September 2015 and 68 closed sales.
Northwest MLS members reported 9,574
pending sales (mutually accepted offers) in
September for a 7.9 percent increase from
the year-ago figure of 8,875. Compared to
August, pending sales fell 9.7 percent.
In west Bellevue, there were 47 pending
sales in September 2015, up from 45 during the same month the year before. There
were 43 pending sales in August 2015. In
east Bellevue, there were 79 pending sales
in September 2015, the same as in September 2014. There were 94 pending sales in
August 2015.
The condo market remained hot in the
23-county report with both sales and prices
up by double digits. Members reported
1,183 closed sales during September for a
gain of nearly 30 percent from a year ago.
Prices on last month’s sales jumped 13
percent, from $230,000 to $260,000.
“We’re coming off one of the hottest
summer housing markets on record, and
the second-best September on record for
sales activity in the four-county area,” said
J. Lennox Scott, chairman and CEO of John
L. Scott. He attributes part of the surge
to an interest rates drop in May, and the
anticipation of rates increasing in the near
future.
In west Bellevue, there were 28 closed
sales in September 12015, up from 23
during the same month a year ago. In east
Bellevue, there were 32 closed sales in September 2015, up from 23 during the same
month a year ago.
The median sales price for a condo in
west Bellevue was $654,000, up 39.15
percent from the median price of $470,000
the same month a year ago. In east Bellevue, the median sales price for a condo
was $317,500 in September 2015, up 23.06
percent from the median price of $258,000
the same month a year ago.
Northwest Multiple Listing Service,
owned is based in Kirkland and serves 23
counties in Washington state.

Ask the expert

Q What is a jumbo
mortgage loan?
A Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are large
agencies that purchase the bulk of U.S. residential mortgages from financial institutions
to allow them to free up cash to make more
loans. They have limits on the maximum
value of any individual loan they will purchase from a lender. A loan that meets their
standards is known as a conventional conforming loan.
Currently in King, Pierce, and Snohomish
counties, this limit is set at $517,500 for
one-unit properties. With the current home
prices in the Puget Sound area, it is not
uncommon for a borrower to need a loan
greater than these amounts.
If this is the case, your loan would be
considered a jumbo loan.

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Q Is it more expensive?
A As the risk to the lender is greater on
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typically higher than on conforming loans so
it is important for you to shop around.
Make sure that in addition to the interest
rate, you consider all of the estimated costs.
Every loan is different, so call me about
your individual situation.
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Students to get new tools
through district, KCLS collab.
BY ALLISON DEANGELIS
BELLEVUE REPORTER

Bellevue School District students will
soon have increased access to King County
Library System resources through a new
partnership through that will give students
special library accounts and access to
library materials that they are currently
lacking.
“We’re truly looking forward to this
ongoing collaboration between the King
County Library System and the Bellevue
School District as both organizations
are committed to providing resources
and services that help our students succeed,” the school district said in a press
release.
On Oct. 12, KCLS will launch the
system to each student in Kindergarten
through 12th grade. Students will be able
to use the array of databases, downloadable materials and online homework help
services offered by KCLS without needing
a physical card. Since students will only be
able to access electronic materials it won’t
be necessary for students to track due
dates, so students will not accrue fines or
fees, according to KCLS Project Manager
Jennifer Wiseman.
“If they already have a traditional library
card, this is just an additional resource,”

said Wiseman. “We’re hoping this will really break the access barrier.”
The account numbers will include each
student’s school identification number and
the school district number (405), making
it easier for students to remember.
The program was created by Research
Technology Specialist Aron Early to
supplement the district’s library resources
and make it easier for teachers to use
outside resources. The Bellevue School
District, like many others in the area, has
eliminated many of its librarians over the
years.
Early and Wiseman began working on
the partnership a year ago.
Over the last four months, they have
tackled challenges around access. Two
communities in Bellevue – Hunts Point
and Yarrow Point – aren’t considered
within KCLS’s borders, so those students
currently do not have access to any KCLS
resources, but will through this partnership.
Parents throughout the district also had
to opt their students into the program to
participate. At this point, 1,200 students
have yet to be approved by their parents to
use the system, but KCLS will be providing “classroom cards” for teachers to use
library resources in the classroom, regardless of each student’s approval status.
Though the program has yet to launch,
KCLS hopes to expand it to other districts,
and has been approached by some, according to Wiseman.
More information can be found at www.
kcls.org/students.

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• Re-established the Neighborhood
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• Leader in promoting affordable housing
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Governor Inslee has appointed Eric
Pattison, a sophomore at Bellevue College, to the student member position
on the Washington Student Achievement Council. Pattison, who is replacing
outgoing student member Rai Nauman
Mumtaz, will join the council at its next
meeting on Oct.15 at the University of

Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA. The student council member serves a one-year
term.
“Eric is an outstanding addition to the
council,” said Dr. Gene Sharratt, Executive Director. “He is a strong advocate for
students, and his voice will be instrumental in improving educational attainment in Washington State.”
Pattison plans to pursue a doctorate in
engineering and is an accomplished table
tennis athlete, taking first place for a
second time at the 2015 U.S. Open in the
Wheelchair Open division. He is the first
student member to serve a term on the
council while attending one of Washington’s community and technical colleges.

Crews to upgrade systems
in Mount Baker tunnel, MI
lid to set stage for light rail
Weekend-long directional closures of
the Interstate 90 outer roadways resume starting this weekend. Four more
weekend-long directional closures are
scheduled to be completed before the end
of 2015.
The closures will allow contractor crews
working for the Washington State Department of Transportation and Sound Transit
to continue upgrading the operations systems inside the Mount Baker tunnel and
Mercer Island lid. The work also sets the
stage for light rail service across I-90.
During the weekend-long closure, all
westbound traffic between Bellevue Way
and Rainier Avenue South will be reduced
to one lane and detoured into the I-90
express lanes.
The majority of the work takes place
inside the tunnels and out of the view
of drivers. However, there will be a few
noticeable changes made following the
previous westbound I-90 detours this
spring, including two lanes exiting the
express lanes in Seattle to help keep traffic
moving through the work zone. Mercer
Island drivers will continue to exit at East
Mercer Way, but will now have the option
to use East Mercer Way or Island Crest
Way to reach the island.

Photo by Craig Groshart, Bellevue Reporter

Spiders and sunshine combine to show off a number of webs grouped at a home in the
Overlake area of Bellevue. Having spun their webs, the spiders now wait for prey to land
on the sticky strands of silk. Spiders don’t get stuck themselves because they are able to spin
both sticky and non-sticky types of silk, and are careful to travel across only non-sticky
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CLOSURE DETAILS
Fri., Oct. 9 -Mon., Oct. 12
Contractor crews will shift all
westbound I-90 traffic between Bellevue Way and Rainier Avenue South
to the express lanes from 11 p.m.
Friday to 5 a.m. Monday.
Drivers wishing to access Mercer
Island will need to exit westbound
I-90 at East Mercer Way. There are
no westbound exits to Mercer Island
from the express lanes.
Those traveling from Mercer Island
to Seattle should enter the express
lanes at 77th Avenue Southeast or
Island Crest Way.
Westbound I-90 drivers will be unable to exit to Rainier Avenue South
and should follow the signed detour
using Fourth Avenue South and
eastbound I-90.
The I-90 Trail will not be impacted
during the closure.

What’s next
There are 24 more weekend
directional closures of I-90 planned
between now and mid-2017. These
closures are part of the I-90 TwoWay Transit and HOV Operations
project.
In mid-2017, Sound Transit contractors will begin work on the I-90
express lanes to operate exclusively
for light rail as part of the East Link
light rail project. The 14-mile East
Link project, set to open in 2023,
includes 10 new stations connecting
Seattle, Mercer Island, Bellevue and
Overlake.

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“That first time, it was the weirdest feeling
ever, driving away and leaving your baby,”
Josh said.
Seven weeks later, baby Kennedy is thriving, rapidly gaining weight and so far evading the medical problems that can plague
premature babies.
The first four weeks after birth are a critical time for preemies. Without the last trimester of growth in utero, Kennedy missed
important bone, brain and lung development. She also was at risk for necrotizing enterocolitis, a condition that affects premature
infants where portions of the bowel undergo

Around Town

What’s happening in and around Bellevue

Building move to impact Medina

Bellevue Christian School will have three modular
buildings delivered to its campus on Friday, Oct. 9. The
three separate deliveries will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The delivery route will be from Bellevue, westbound on
Northeast Eighth Street, westbound on Northeast 12th
Street, northbound on Evergreen Point Road and southbound on Northeast 28th Street.

Candidate forum set Oct. 15

The Meydenbauer Bay Neighbors Association will host
a Bellevue City Council Candidate Forum from 7-9 p.m.
Thursday Oct. 15 at the Overlake Golf and Country Club,
8000 N.E. 16th St., in Medina. All Bellevue residents are
welcome.

is added to human milk and gives underdeveloped infants the extra vitamins, minerals,
calories and immune-enhancing properties
that they need to aid their missed development in the womb.
Doctors have yet to find a discernible reason why infants get necrotizing enterocolitis.
But studies show that an exclusively human
milk based diet is associated with a lower
rate of necrotizing enterocolitis, intestinal
surgery and overall mortality than a diet that
containing human and bovine milk.
“Kennedy has never had a gut issues,
which is phenomenal, and she’s gaining
weight tremendously,” said NICU Manager
Lynne Saunders, who added that Kennedy
was doing better than her weight gain goal.
Prolacta, which was recently approved by
the FDA, costs between $125 and $312 per

na will be guest speaker at the Fourth Annual fundraising
luncheon for Eastside Friends of Seniors on Friday, Oct. 16
at the Golf Club at Newcastle.
The free services of Eastside Friends are available to any
person aged 62 years and over living in Bellevue, Issaquah
and the Snoqualmie Valley.
The luncheon will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. with registration beginning at 11:15 a.m.
For more information or to make a reservation, call
Eastside Friends of Seniors at 425-369-9120 or online at
www.EastsideFriendsofSeniors.org

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The event will take place at 7 p.m. at the temple, 15727 N.E.
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Rabbi David Lipper will be installed as senior rabbi by
Temple B’nai Torah on Oct. 16. He will be only the third
senior rabbi to lead the congregation in its 47-year history.

McKenna to speak at fundraiser

SLIPCOVERS

four ounce container, depending on which
calorie-level the baby is on. But, none of the
cost is passed on to parents at Overlake, and
the average cost of surgery for necrotizing
enterocolitis is around $150,000.
Kennedy’s parents never planned on
bottle-feeding either of their daughters, but
are grateful for the results they’re seeing on
Prolacta.
“We didn’t want a formula baby, but we’ve
got to do what we’ve got to do. We’ve been
really blessed,” said Andrea.
Doctors are expecting that the entire
family can go home for the first time in a
few weeks, as long as Kennedy maintains her
progress.

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tissue death, or necrosis.
“It’s a neonatologist’s worst nightmare,
said Shilpi Chabra, the medical director of
the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at
Overlake. The condition is one of the leading
causes of mortality in premature babies.
The staff at Overlake credits some of Kennedy’s good fortune to a new milk fortifier
that Kennedy was the first to use.
The hospital is the first NICU in the
Northwest to offer the human-milk-based
fortifier Prolacta for the most premature
infants. Kennedy is the first infant to receive
the fortifier, which was delivered to the hospital mere days after she arrived.
Unlike other fortifiers that contain cow’s
milk, Prolacta is made from concentrated
donor milk and fortified with pharmaceutical-grade minerals. The resulting mixture

Directing traffic and getting players in the proper
positions on the volleyball court is something that
comes natural to Interlake Saints senior Courtney
Johnson.
Johnson, who anchors the Saints defense on the
back line from her Libero position as a defensive
specialist, has led the Saints to a 6-3 overall record
thus far. The Saints have five senior starters on the
roster and are poised to make a run at the Class 3A
state tournament in Lacey this November.
“I think this year we’re really working more as
a team. We have a lot of veterans on this team,”
Johnson said. “It is really nice to have that experience. The freshmen on the team fit in really well
too. They play like veterans. We have a really good
vibe as a team.”
Interlake head coach Melissa Leibole said
Johnson is the undisputed leader on the floor for
the Saints.
“Courtney is a dominant back-row player.
When she is on, the team is on,” Leibole said. “We
feed off her energy when she gets an amazing dig.
It just brings up the entire team. She thrives off of
her defense and she is always in the back row talking. She is just a big leader on the court.”
Johnson admitted she wasn’t always the most
positive vocal leader but that her attitude has
changed immensely this season.
“I think over the years I used to struggle a lot
with keeping a good attitude. My teammates have
really helped me to develop into a better leader and

a better teammate,” Johnson said. “I like to build a
positive vibe around myself and my teammates.”
The senior volleyball star said she’s played volleyball ever since she was 11 years old when she joined
the Northwest Juniors Volleyball Club.
“I have been surrounded by volleyball my whole
life. I have always loved it,” Johnson said. “My parents met playing volleyball so they kind of got me
into it. I like to play volleyball all year around. It just
brings me so much joy.”
Johnson said the Saints will take things one
point, one match a time and will not get ahead of
themselves despite the success they’ve experienced
in the first half of the season.
“We talked about goals at the beginning of the
season and on our goal sheet is to make state. I
have all the faith in the world in this team that we
can do that,” she said. “We’re going to take little
steps at a time and I think going to state is a possibility for sure.”
Leibole concurred with Johnson’s sentiment.
“I think we’re a little more experienced. We only
lost three seniors from last year and two of them
were starters. Going into this season we definitely
said we wanted to be in the top three in KingCo
(Conference). Right now we’re right about there.
We’re hitting the halfway point of the season and
teams are starting to get better,” Leibole said. “Obviously we want to get to the playoffs and make it to
state if we can, but we got a lot of work to do to get
there.”
Shaun Scott: 425-453-5045; sscott@bellevuereporter.com

Shaun Scott, Bellevue Reporter

Interlake Saints volleyball player Courtney Johnson is her team’s leader in digs thus
far during the 2015 season. The Saints, who have put together an overall record of
6-3, are striving to reach Class 3A state volleyball tournament in Lacey.

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Wolves defeat Knights
Just one week after registering a convincing victory, the Newport Knights
football squad found itself on the opposite end of the scoreboard, courtesy of
a 55-9 loss to the Eastlake Wolves on Oct.
2 at Eastlake High School in Sammamish.
The Wolves improved their overall record
to 4-1 while Newport dropped to 2-3.
The Knights surprised Eastlake by
recovering an onside kick on the opening kickoff and bolted to a 3-0 lead when
Hunter Hahnemann connected on 31
yard field goal with 7:02 left in the first
quarter.
“We got what we wanted,” Oliver said
of the onside kick recovery and scoring
on the first drive.
However, Eastlake then scored 48
unanswered points until Newport quar-

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FOOTBALL
Bellevue wins third in a row

In a showdown between Class 3A powerhouses, the Bellevue Wolverines registered a
24-6 victory over the Glacier Peak Grizzlies
on Oct. 2 in Snohomish. The Wolverines
have won three consecutive games since
losing in the season opener against Bishop
Gorman.
Bellevue (3-1) will face the Juanita Bulldogs at 7 p.m. tonight in Kirkland.

Vikings conquer Cascade

A fourth quarter field goal lifted the Bellevue Christian Vikings to a 9-7 win against
Cascade on Oct. 2 in Leavenworth. Bellevue
Christian (3-2) will face the Bellingham Red
Raiders at 7 p.m. tonight in Bellingham.

SAINTS EARN SECOND PLACE

terback Brandon Steinberg connected
with tight end Marcus Fukutomi on a
10-yard touchdown pass with 9:47 left
in regulation. The Knights turned the
ball over four times via fumbles in the
contest. Newport head coach Drew Oliver
believes his team will do whatever it takes
to learn from the loss.
“We’ve got to get way better. There is no
two ways about it. We’re going to keep at
it and we are just going to keep working
to get better,” Oliver said.
The Knights will face the Issaquah
Eagles in a Class 4A KingCo matchup
at 7 p.m. tonight at Gary Moore Field in
Issaquah.
“It is not about them, it is about us. We
got to clean up a lot of stuff and we got to
take pride in our execution,” he said.
Shaun Scott: 425-453-5045; sscott@bellevuereporter.
com

Saints lose to Kangaroos

The Lake Washington Kangaroos rolled
to a 46-7 win against the Interlake Saints on
Oct. 2 in Kirkland.
Interlake (2-3) will host the Mercer Island
Islanders at 7 p.m. tonight in Bellevue.

VOLLEYBALL
Wolverines sweep Totems

The Bellevue Wolverines cruised to a
3-0 (25-17, 25-18, 25-10) win against the
Sammamish Totems in a battle between city
rivals Oct. 1
in Bellevue.
Bellevue
improved to
4-4 with the
win.

Photo courtesy of Jeff Roberts

The Interlake Saints boys Cross Country team, which is currently ranked No. 2 in the Class
3A Division, captured second place at the Twilight Invitational on Oct. 3 in Marysville. The
Saints scored 139 points, which was good for a second place finish behind first place Issaquah.
The Saints varsity roster consists of Luke Beauchamp, William Oden, Matthew Roberts, Joseph
Rodgers, Bryce Rosenwald, Dante Paszkeicz and Raymond Salgado.

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of Coal Creek Parkway SE. The
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levue that have been or will be outfitted
with upgraded traffic signals, approximately 120 have one or more traffic
lights with a flashing yellow arrow. In
total, there are 245 signals displaying
flashing yellow arrows in the city.
During the planning of the traffic
signal swap-out, the city assessed intersections by speed, the volume of traffic
and the sight distance before deciding
to install flashing yellow arrows. After
their installation, the city distributed
materials, videos and other information
about the blinking arrows, and posts
signs for the first month after installation reminding drivers to yield next to
oncoming traffic.
Studies by the Federal Highway
Administration suggest they increase
safety because they are more effective
at getting drivers to yield to oncoming
traffic and are generally better understood by drivers than green unprotected left turn lights, according to the city.
The signals are also a time-saver,
resulting in drivers saving 166,000
hours each year on average. "Overall
I like them because it eases the flow
of traffic," said resident Mindy Law
Westerman.
Still, the city is considering a reeducation campaign, and may reinstall
warning signs next to the lights.
"We make it a point to listen to and
respond to concerns," said Poch.

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years has been positive, said Mark
Poch, the city's traffic engineering
manager, and despite the accident, the
city is standing by the blinking signals.
"This was a tragedy and it's very
emotional for everyone when a twoyear-old is killed, so I totally understand why people are asking questions,"
said city spokesperson David Grant.
"We're taking this extremely seriously,
but I'm not aware of any discussions of
rolling back the blinking yellow lights."
The flashing yellow arrow at the
intersection of 140th and Bel-Red Road
was turned off on Oct. 2, three days
after the fatal collision. Very few traffic
signals have warranted being turned off
in the past, Poch said.
"Maybe for a lot of agencies, that
would be the end of it," said Poch. "We
continue to manage the flashing yellow
lights, and if we have intersections that
warrant it, we can turn them off on a
case-by-case basis."
Bellevue first began installing flashing yellow arrows in late 2010, and is
nearing the completion of a project to
install new traffic signals – including
many using flashing yellow arrows – in
intersections throughout the city.
Of the 197 intersections in the Bel-

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the Eastside, and the trend in the area is
to start at 7:30 a.m. and let out at 2 p.m.
Whether we admit it or not, those kids will
pay,” said board member Christine Chew.
Multiple times during the discussion,
Chew stated that she didn’t feel the board
had researched the implementation of a
later start time, causing board member
Steve McConnell to propose the alternative
memorandum, giving schools the ability to
weigh in on the feasibility.

KNITTING FOR NEWBORNS

Allison DeAngelis, Bellevue Reporter

Hats knitted for premature babies around 4 to 5 lbs by Edie Salerno are pictured on display
at the Garden Club retirement community on Oct. 2. These and dozens of other hats were
knitted by retirees and the KnitWits, a knitting group at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church. They
will join the more than 3,000 donated purple hats distributed by Seattle Children’s Hospital
next month to raise awareness for Shaken Baby Syndrome.

While implementation and the logistics
remain up in the air, many board members
said they believe that Bellevue’s move could
be an impetus for change across the region.
Having spoken to officials at Mercer
Island and Issaquah school districts, McConnell said that they would likely follow
Bellevue’s lead. “It’s the belief that Bellevue
is in enough of a leadership role that if Bellevue changes, other districts will change,”
he said.
In the end, the health benefits won over
the board members. Research into sleep
schedules and school start times and a
district survey pointed in favor of a later

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ing for parking solutions in the area, and
multiple members of the council have stated
their plans for increased parking during their
campaigns.
“We’ve had some conversations with the
(Bellevue) Downtown Association and others who have an interest in finding a bigger
longterm solution to parking, and I would
hope that we would continue to reach out to
them,” said Bellevue Mayor Claudia Balducci.

said that the seven buildings Flora spoke of
would not be grandfathered in as they had
never received an exemption.
Old Bellevue has and continues to struggle
with public parking.
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ing that shifting the current bell schedules,
start and end times are feasible and that the
community supported it.
Around 11,500 people responded to and
approximately 3,000 people commented
on the online survey. Around 60 percent
of those surveyed opposed the existing
7:30 start time, while 71.3 percent and 74.3
percent supported a 8:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.
start, respectively.
“Ultimately, we could see that there was
significant support for a later start time,”
Deputy Superintendent of Instructional
Leadership Eva Collins said in June.

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start time.
“We really do need to make the health
of the students a very high priority,” said
board member Carolyn Watson. “For my
family, I’m voting against what will be best
for us, but I feel I have to vote for what will
be good for the majority.”
The decision came after a year of consideration and debate.
A steering committee formed last year
to advise the Bellevue and Mercer Island
school districts recommended in June
that the school start time be pushed back
between 30 minutes and an hour after find-

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FRIDAY | 9

JOHN LENNON JAM STARRING
APPLE JAM: 7 p.m., Bake’s

Place, 155 108TH Ave. N.E.
If John Lennon were here
today, he’d turn 75 on Oct.
9. In commemoration,
Bake’s Place will host the
John Lennon Jam starring
world-renowned Beatles
tribute band, Apple Jam.
Apple Jam will showcase
the music of John Lennon
(Beatles and solo), including favorites, deep cuts
and rarely performed
songs.

SATURDAY | 10

ACT SKILLS & STRATEGIES:

3 part series: 1 p.m.,
Newport Way Library. Find
out exactly what to expect
when taking the ACT test
for college admissions.
For more information, call
425-747-2390.
GRAPHIC NOVEL WORKSHOP
WITH DANA SULLIVAN: 1 p.m.,

University Book Store, 990
102nd Ave. N.E. During
this one-hour workshop
for all ages, Sullivan will

teach participants the
basic elements of comics
and graphic novels, how
good ideas and writing
can make drawings of any
quality come alive, and
how to have fun bringing
your hero to life.

MONDAY | 12

ALL BOOK CLUB
RECOMMENDATIONS: 6 p.m.,

University Book Store, 990
102nd Ave N.E. Join us at
our Bellevue store for fall
refreshments and a special presentation of over
a dozen recent titles we
can’t recommend highly
enough. Our booksellers
Kim and Becky will share
their top picks—including
both fiction and non-fiction titles appropriate for
a wide range of interests.
PREPARE YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A
DISASTER: 7 p.m. (Also at

the Bellevue Library on
Oct. 15), Lake Hills Library.
Join the Bellevue Office of
Emergency Management
to learn the science
behind “the big earthquake” and what you can

Officials warn of
flood risk, despite
El Niño winter
Forecasts of an El Niño weather pattern
may suggest a warmer, drier Puget Sound
winter ahead, but King County leaders
warn that our rivers remain serious flood
risks, and urge everyone to prepare now
for the possibility of severe flooding.
“We need to remember that five winters
ago we had record flooding and the
evacuation of 44,000 people in Western
Washington,” said King County Executive
Dow Constantine, who today joined the
King County Flood Control District in
recognizing October as Flood Awareness
Month. “We all hope for the best, but it is
critical that your family be prepared, now,
with an emergency kit at home.”
King County Councilmember Reagan
Dunn, Chair of the King County Flood
Control District, noted that the county’s
ongoing population growth could mean
scores of new residents are living in floodprone areas and not even know it.
“Since our last major widespread flooding event in 2009, King County’s population has grown from 1.916 million to
2.017 million people,” said Dunn. “That’s
more than 100,000 people that may have
never been impacted by flooding before
that need to be prepared.”
King County has experienced 12 flood
disasters declared by the President since
1990.
To prepare for a flood emergency,

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do to protect yourself.

WEDNESDAY | 14

TEEN VOLUNTEER COUNCIL:

1:30 p.m., Newport Way
Library, 14250 SE Newport
Way. Get volunteer credit
by helping out at the
library. Work with the
Teen Services Librarian on
special library related projects. New members always
welcome. Sponsored by
Newport Way Library
Association.
MAKE: BASIC PRINTMAKING
(BLOCK PRINTING)
WORKSHOP : 6:30 p.m.,

Bellevue Library. Learn
block printing, the basic
method of printmaking.
Transfer a design onto the
carving block, use a lino
cutter set to carve your
block and print using ink
on paper or fabric. Please
register by contacting the
Bellevue Library.

families can assemble a basic emergency
preparedness kit for the home, with items
such as a flashlight with spare batteries,
a portable radio, non-perishable food,
drinking water, and books or games for
younger family members.
King County also offers free access to
KC Flood Alerts, an automated system
that allows subscribers to receive customized alerts of potential flooding for any
or all of King County’s six major river
systems.
Additional preparations for flood
season include:
• Buying flood insurance now; it
takes 30 days for a policy to take effect, and a standard insurance policy
will not cover flood damage. Contact
your insurance agent or visit www.
floodsmart.gov.
Sign up for KC Flood Alerts at www.
kingcounty.gov/flood.
• Monitoring area news media
for information when severe weather
is predicted. Listen for alerts about
evacuation routes, and monitor local
road conditions and obey closure signs.
• Minimizing flood damage by
storing valuables and electronics
higher, and by moving vehicles and
equipment to high ground before flood
waters rise.
• Disposing of hazardous chemicals, such as lawn and gardening herbicides, at one of the county’s household
hazardous waste sites to help reduce
harmful contaminates in flood waters.
Learn more at www.kingcounty.gov/
hazwaste.

reception with the authors
beginning at 6:30pm.
tips on improving your
singing, and have a whole
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FILMS: October 17, 1:30

p.m., Bellevue Family
YMCA, 14230 Bel-Red Rd.
all Bartell Drugs locations. See the film “VIVA CUBA”
Flu shots are available any in Spanish with English
time, without an appoint- subtitles. Malu & Jorgito
are best friends dealing
ment, during pharmacy
with their parents’ social
hours.
& political differences.
SING IN PACIFIC SOUND
Learning that Malu may be
CHORUS’ HOLIDAY SHOW:
taken away, probably forEvery Tuesday through
ever, they decide to search
December 8, 7 p.m., First
for her father who would
United Methodist Church, want her to stay. The “road
1934 108th Ave. N.E.
trip” is fun, challenging,
Ladies of all ages and sing- even scary, but the only
ing ability are invited to
way they can be together..
sing with us in our holiday The event is free. For more
show on December 13th.
information, call 425-746Come learn some new
9900.
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Sound Publishing is an
seeking independent
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ployer (EOE) and
strongly supports diver- to deliver the Bellevue
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sity in the workplace.
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Sound Publishing is
seeking self-motivated,
energetic Reporters to
join our team!
The Renton and Auburn
Reporters, divisions of
Sound Publishing Inc.,
are seeking general assignment reporters with
a minimum of 1-2 years
writing experience and
photography skills. Positions are based out of
the Kent office. The primar y coverage will be
general assignment stories. Schedule includes
evening and/or weekend
work. As a reporter for
Sound Publishing, you
will be expected to:

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SHEPHERD PUPPIES
for sale. Puppies have
been vet checked,
have up to date shots
and are microchipped.
They have excellent
temperaments. Both
parents are impor ts
and have certified hips
and elbows. We place
great impor tance in
finding caring homes
for our puppies. $800 $1200. Call 425-2777986 or email
mike@clayfieldgsd.com
for more information.

Auburn Nazarene
3rd Annual Bazaar
November 14, 2015
9-4. Registrations still
available. Special discount rate of $15.00
per space. Bring your
purchased and/or
handmade items to
sell. For more information, call Cheryl at
253-886-2558 or the
office at 253-8335644. Forms available
at the church or will
email. Tables available
if needed.

We are community & daily newspapers in
these Western Washington Locations:
• King County
• Kitsap County
• Clallam County
• Jefferson County
• Okanogan County
• Pierce County
• Island County
• San Juan County
• Snohomish County
• Whatcom County
• Grays Harbor County
Sound Publishing is an Equal Opportunity
Employer (EOE) and strongly supports
diversity in the workplace. We offer a great
work environment with opportunity for
advancement along with a competitive
benefits package including health
insurance, paid time off (vacation, sick,
and holidays), and 401k.

Accepting resumes at:
careers@soundpublishing.com
or by mail to:
19426 68th Avenue S, Kent, WA 98032
ATTN: HR
Please state which position and
geographic area you are applying for.

Sound Media, a division of Sound Publishing Inc., is seeking an experienced, customer-focused advertising sales account executive
who needs to be the best and work among the best! If you thrive in an entrepreneurial environment where you can truly deliver
value to your clients; if you are someone who is passionate about Social Age Technologies and understands the cross channel
campaign strategies offered by an innovative, 21st century consultative marketing team; then we invite you to consider joining our
team of professionals. We are looking for a confident, detail-oriented, self-starter, who among other things will be responsible for:
· Prospecting, qualifying, cultivating, and renewing client relationships resulting in sales “wins”for new or extended contracts;
· Designing and implementing actionable sales plans based on performance goals and objectives;
· Developing and maintaining favorable relationships among prospects and existing clients in order to increase revenue and meet
individual and team goals;
· Formulating customizable marketing communications solutions for each unique client through a thorough needs-assessment,
ensuring recommended campaign strategies and related tactics meet or exceed client expectations.
Position may require a bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of experience in the field or in a related area, or an equivalent combination
of education and practical experience.
Must possess a reliable vehicle, valid Driver’s License, and proof of current vehicle insurance coverage.
To apply, please send a cover letter and resume to: careers@soundpublishing.com. Please note ATTN: BDS in the subject line. We
look forward to hearing from you!
Sound Publishing is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the
workplace. Check out our website to find out more about us! www.soundpublishing.com

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